Gianni Morandi

Gianni Morandi (11 December 1944-) was an Italian pop singer-songwriter who was famous during the 1960s and 1970s. Morandi was born in Monghidoro, Emilia-Romagna, Italy in 1944. He debuted with RCA Italiana in 1962, and he went on to sell over 50 million recordings over the years, regaining popularity in the 1980s after a lapse in popularity during the 1970s. Morandi was the son of an Italian Communist Party activist, and he distributed PCI newspapers during his youth and even performed music gigs at PCI events.